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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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